- Oil, my mate is soo called a mechanic, i however am not! ( perhaps i should say his dad is a mechanic and he works for him) right i took my car for an oil and filter change... simple enough, first the engine was hot, nto much i could do about that sorry, but then we drained the oil, fair nuff, but i assume as the engine had been running a few mins ago the would be quit a bit around the engine, then changed the filter and put the oil back in...
so far so good yea?
right then he started the engine for about 10 secs and read the dipstick, hmmnd and then filled the oil to the max mark, while i watched open mouthed.....
then i went home, allowed the engine to cool and dropped about a litre of oil out, to bring the oil to the max line?
was i correct or was he correct?
i think i shall insist his dad does my oil and filter next time or go even to kwick shit, or do it myself, but when its free you cant complain...or can you!
- Oil Viscosity...... The above car a corsa 1.7 D ( izuzu engine) as all well used diesels do is gettin a little noisy... as i dont really want to go to trouble of messing with the tappets, i was thinking of using a thicker oil, (at the expense of RPM) but when i stand and look at the differnt kind of oils i dont know which is thickest/ how oils are rated?
- Im looking at buying a 1.7TDI or 2.0TDI Astra new shape..... any comments?